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Antisecretory and antiulcer effect of the H2-receptor antagonist famotidine in the rat: comparison with ranitidine.

Abstract
1 The effects of the new H2-receptor antagonist famotidine, administered orally, on gastric secretion and emptying as well as on experimentally-induced gastric and duodenal ulcers were studied in the rat. Ranitidine was used as a reference compound. 2 Both compounds inhibited acid secretion in a dose-dependent manner. Calculated ED50 values were 0.80 and 6.84 mg kg-1 for famotidine and ranitidine, respectively. However, the duration of the antisecretory action was the same for both drugs. 3 The effect of the two drugs, administered at equiactive antisecretory doses, on gastric emptying was different. Ranitidine significantly accelerated the emptying rate whereas famotidine had no effect. 4 Famotidine reduced, in a dose-dependent manner, ulcer incidence in stomachs of dimaprit-treated rats and in duodena of cysteamine-treated animals with a potency respectively 2 and 7 times higher than that of ranitidine. 5 Famotidine is therefore an effective antisecretory and untiulcer compound. Its potency, but not its efficacy, is higher than that of ranitidine. Moreover, the duration of the antisecretory action is virtually the same for both drugs.
AuthorsC Scarpignato, R Tramacere, L Zappia
JournalBritish journal of pharmacology (Br J Pharmacol) Vol. 92 Issue 1 Pg. 153-9 (Sep 1987) ISSN: 0007-1188 [Print] England
PMID2889492 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Anti-Ulcer Agents
  • Histamine H2 Antagonists
  • Thiazoles
  • Famotidine
  • Ranitidine
Topics
  • Animals
  • Anti-Ulcer Agents
  • Duodenal Ulcer (chemically induced, prevention & control)
  • Famotidine
  • Female
  • Gastric Emptying (drug effects)
  • Gastric Mucosa (drug effects, metabolism)
  • Histamine H2 Antagonists (pharmacology)
  • Male
  • Ranitidine (pharmacology)
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred Strains
  • Stomach Ulcer (chemically induced, prevention & control)
  • Thiazoles (pharmacology)

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